Loads of legends circulate around the 97-year-old bar on South Tacoma Way. Bob’s Java Jive attracts a wide variety of regulars even today.

Loads of legends circulate around the 97-year-old bar on South Tacoma Way. Bob’s Java Jive attracts a wide variety of regulars even today.

The most surprising thing about Bob’s Java Jive is not that it is shaped like a coffeepot — it's that the shape is the least interesting thing about it.

Bob’s Java Jive, Tacoma’s beloved coffeepot-shaped bar, temporarily closed Tuesday following a visit from the local health department. The Jive’s owner, Richard Walden, told The News Tribune ...

Bob’s Java Jive in Tacoma has been closed for more than a year due to COVID-19. To help reopen the iconic dive bar, fans and regulars raised more than $12,000 in 24 hours.

Bob's Java Jive has been designated an official historical landmark. The Java Jive did have a lively karaoke scene recently until things got dead quiet. “It has been quiet,” says Schrenk.

An eclectic brew of locals, tourists and musicians have helped Bob's Java Jive achieve its legendary status. At this coffee pot-shaped dive bar in Tacoma, Washington, you can drink under the stars ...

Bob’s Java Jive Faced with the prospect of permanent closure due to a year of no income during the pandemic, Bob’s Java Jive manager Jenna Schrenk launched a Facebook fundraiser and was ...

Up-and-coming rock stars once came and went from Bob’s Java Jive. Go-go dancers performed on a greased wooden stage, and macaque monkeys lived in the backroom.

Loads of legends circulate around the 97-year-old bar on South Tacoma Way. Bob’s Java Jive attracts a wide variety of regulars even today.